A while back I coined the term, “bad idea beer.” It’s that one beer you have near the end of the night that always seems to be a bad idea. I can think back to a trip to Champaign, Illinois last July where I stopped in at The Blind Pig. (Quick side note, if you’ve never been to the Blind Pig, you need to go. It’s awesome.)

After having one or two or three amazing beers on cask, my co-worker and I were about to head back to the hotel. I somehow sweet-talked the bartender into letting me take an unopened Hoppin’ Frog B.O.R.I.S. the Crusher back with me.

Ladies and gentlemen, I’ve had this beer plenty of times before, but it was a bad idea beer.

“Missouri is on our list of new states. We must move at a pace that we can supply our distributors – so the exact date we can take on a new state is still being decided.”
— Fred Karm Sr., Owner of Hoppin’ Frog Brewery

What Fred is saying is that it may take a little while, but they’ll be in Missouri relatively soon. When? Well, I don’t think anyone knows. There are a lot of steps in the process they’ll need to go through before we’ll start seeing them on the shelves.

A big thanks to Paul Hayden from the Wine and Cheese Place who contact Hoppin’ Frog and laid out a great case on why they should be in St. Louis.

Comments

It always seems these new beers coming to Missouri are beers that have been available in Illinois for years. Hoppin frog, Founders and Lagunitas are the first tht come to mind. Are there any beers that totaly new to the area?

Great news, I’ve had BORIS The Crusher, it was pretty awesome. It is NOT however a beer you want to have at the end of a night of drinking. I can personally recommend staying away from Southern Tier’s Unearthly after a night of drinking as well, easy drinking + high alcohol = BAD IDEA!

Fantastic news. Fred Karm is an awesome brewer and person who I have had the pleasure of hanging out ith at the last three GABF’s. BORIS took the gold two years ago and his IPA and IIPA are delicious as well. very excited about this one.

We work with distributors in each of our states and fill their orders. They order what they think they can sell.
But they must not be getting it to your fav store, so ask your store to get Hoppin’ Frog.